My Appleton V/X is empty...

edgarallanpoe · Post by **edgarallanpoe** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 9:17 pm

I was just wondering if the new Appleton that took its place was an adequate substitution. Anyone compare the two yet? Thanks in advance.

mamajuana · Post by **mamajuana** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 9:20 pm

I have seen the new bottle in my neck of the woods but have not yet pulled the trigger. The last bottle I had was very pool like in aftertaste in that I had a distinct chlorine taste in the rum. Rather off putting as you can imagine and it was bottled right before the newer release. Whether the rum in that batch had too much chlorine in the water or not I can't tell.

The Fat Rum Pirate · Post by **The Fat Rum Pirate** » Wed Oct 14, 2015 1:05 am

I can't notice any difference between the two bottlings V/X or the Signature Blend.

Appleton maintain that the only rum which has changed is the UK bottling of the 8 Year Old which has been brought in line with the profile of the US version.

The rest have just had the labels updated. I've got them all except the new 8 Year Old and they all test NIL in the sugar dept (including the 21) as before and the 12 is very definitely the same stuff as I still have some of the old label.

edgarallanpoe · Post by **edgarallanpoe** » Wed Oct 14, 2015 10:47 am

Is the new one the signature blend or the reserve blend? It looks like it is the Signature Blend but I want to make sure.

The Fat Rum Pirate · Post by **The Fat Rum Pirate** » Wed Oct 14, 2015 1:04 pm

edgarallanpoe wrote:Is the new one the signature blend or the reserve blend? It looks like it is the Signature Blend but I want to make sure.

The new V/X is the Signature Blend